FBI supervisor says radio host Hal Turner accused of threatening three federal judges was not considered real threat

Amy Newman/The RecordHal Turner leaves Brooklyn federal court in this December 2009 file photo after a mistrial was declared in his case. NORTH BERGEN — N.J. blogger Hal Turner, accused of threatening three Chicago-based federal judges on his blog, was not considered a potential threat to commit a crime while recruited as an informant, a high-ranking FBI supervisor testified Friday, according to NorthJersey.com.

The supervisor in the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force who approved Turner to be a secret informant wall called by Turner's defense lawyers, the report said. Turner was arrested in June after allegedly writing online that the federal appellate judges “deserved to be killed" for upholding a law banning handguns, according to the report.